Chamber Alliance welcomes move on public holidays

THE Sunshine Coast Chambers of Commerce Alliance has welcomed the Queensland Parliament's recent announcement to relocate the Labour Day public holiday to the second half of the year, and return the Queen's birthday holiday to June.

Chamber Alliance president Stephen Dittmann said: "The concentration of public holidays and long weekends in the first half of the year disrupted production and services for our business and industry.

"Sunshine Coast Chambers of Commerce Alliance has long supported spreading the allocation of public holidays across the full calendar year.

"By aligning Queensland's Labour Day with the same date as our closest neighbouring state, NSW, makes complete sense, and will make a significant difference to Sunshine Coast businesses who operate with connectivity to NSW."